The Land That Time Forgot (1974 film)

The Land That Time Forgot
film poster by Tom Chantrell
Directed by	Kevin Connor
Written by	Book Author: Edgar Rice Burroughs Screenwriters: Michael Moorcock
Produced by	John Dark Max Rosenberg
Starring	Doug McClure Keith Barron
Cinematography	Alan Hume
Edited by	John Ireland
Music by	Douglas Gamley
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date	13 August 1975
Running time	91 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Land That Time Forgot is a 1975 fantasy/adventure film based upon the 1918 novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The screenplay was written by Michael Moorcock. The film was produced by Britain's Amicus Productions and directed by Kevin Connor. The cast included Doug McClure, John McEnery, Keith Barron, Susan Penhaligon, Anthony Ainley and character actor Declan Mulholland.

The story is set in World War I and involves the survivors of the sinking of a British merchant ship who are taken on board a German U-boat and travel to a fantastical land where dinosaurs still roam, co-existing with primitive man. The U-boat and ships were models and the dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals (including Allosaurus, Plesiosaurus, Triceratops, Styracosaurus,and Pterodactylus) were puppets, rather than stop-motion.

The film was a sleeper hit and inspired Amicus to make two more Burroughs adaptations, At the Earth's Core (1976), with McClure, Peter Cushing, and Caroline Munro, and The People That Time Forgot (1977), a direct sequel to Land starring Patrick Wayne, Sarah Douglas, and McClure in a cameo appearance. All three films were distributed in the United States by American International Pictures.

See also

• The Land That Time Forgot (novel).

External links

• The Land That Time Forgot at IMDb
• Eccentric Cinema - Review
• Review at the Stop Button
• The Land That Time Forgot at AllMovie